NHS Funding - am I risking this?

[sunnylife2]

Hello,
My husband and I have been ttc - for context I am 34 yr old female and he is 35 yr old male. We live in Devon.
I was diagnosed with PCOS in December after experiencing irregular periods, usually between 30-39 day cycles. My periods have since completely stopped and I am on day 100 of my cycle today (last period 10th December).
Husband was sent by GP for semen analysis as part of referral and sample came back as abnormal due to morphology (2% instead of the required 4%), everything else was fine.
There have been some delays in my GP processing the referral which she has apologised for but we feel further behind. The referral is now insisting my husband have a second semen analysis prior to putting us on the waitlist to see a consultant. This is booked for 8 weeks time so means we won’t be put on the fertility waitlist until probably end of May at this point!

We are so tempted to pay to go private to discuss my missing periods and see if a consultant will prescribe Clomid, Metformin etc to help my side of things.
I called the private clinic today and they can see us as early as next week.
Our worry is, will seeing a private consultant affect our funding further down the line if we need IVF or other investigations?
Would they look badly on us for going private for mediciation initially?

Has anyone experienced this situation? I’d be so grateful to hear from you!

It won't affect your NHS eligibility. You could also ask your GP if a private semen analysis could speed up the referral.

If your BMI is elevated periods often return if lowered.

Thank you for your reply- from everything i can find online it doesn’t seem that seeing a private consultant for ovulation induction will affect our NHS funding availability so fingers crossed. I’ve managed to get my BMI down from 31 to 29 and working hard to get it even lower so hopefully that will make a difference!

You are ' allowed ' to get private investigators

We have nhs funding granted

Previously id got private hyfosy

Also private amh

Also partner had NHS SA
But also another private 1

Id also used hertility health twice

Investigation s *

As part of NHS pathway - they often give u NHS ovulation stuff to try b4 ivf

I have pcos - nhs gynae suggested metformin

Fertility clinic gave it to us in end

Some of my private results.
For example private hyfosy
Paid a role in me getting nhs funding decision when i did

If you havent had a hyfosy - i recommend getting one

I was ovulating etc
But private hyfosy showed blocked tubes

Even tho we had miscarriage history

Nhs wait was ages 4 nhs hyfosy
So paid 515 gbp 4 private 1

@sunnylife2 I know this thread is a few months old but wondering how you got on? Our story is very similar - I have PCOS diagnosed in May with no cycle and husband has 1% morphology, we’ve done the 2 SA tests just waiting on GP to process referral (also in Devon!) x

Hi There,
My partner and I were reffered this past week, as long as you have had your initial tests you can push for referal, we chased for 10 days after our initial test results came back, (bloods and US for me and SA for partner) and our gp reffered us (we have been trying since Jan 2024, im 32 and my partner is 45), just keep pushing for it, they can't not refer you as it will be still be testing at secondary care, the step before assisted conception and further NHS funding, I know its a long road but stick with it, be a pain in your GP's back side and push, thats the only way with NHS. Good luck to you.